Definition of Overdramatic

1. Adjective. Dramatic to excess. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overdramatic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdramatic

overdoors
overdoped
overdosage
overdosages
overdose
overdosed
overdoser
overdosers
overdoses
overdosing
overdot
overdots
overdraft
overdraft credit
overdrafts
overdramatic (current term)
overdramatically
overdramatisation
overdramatisations
overdramatise
overdramatised
overdramatises
overdramatising
overdramatization
overdramatizations
overdramatize
overdramatized
overdramatizes
overdramatizing
overdrank

Literary usage of Overdramatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"IN A TIME BEYOND WARNINGS I do not wish to seem overdramatic, but I can only conclude from the information that is available to me as Secretary-General that ..."

2. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"The falling to pieces of Charlemagne's civilization and the general return of social disorders have led to an overdramatic contrasting of the year 1000, ..."

3. Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Old Masters in the Palace by San Francisco Museum of Art, John Nilsen Laurvik (1920)
"The other extreme is found in the rather forced contrasts and overdramatic emphasis of the art of Ribera (1588-1656), who was influenced by Caravaggio, ..."

4. Wake Up America by Mark Sullivan (1918)
"It is not overdramatic. That line is the umbilical cord of our little army, and the submarine is gnawing at it every hour of the day. ..."

5. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"... task to accomplish seeing as how she was yelling and he was standing almost directly in front of her — a tad overdramatic, but efficient nonetheless. ..."

6. The Friends of Rathlin Island by Stewart Dalby (2004)
"'William, I really feel you are being a bit overdramatic. There is nothing in that report that ..."

7. Scene-speare!: Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors by Lindsay Price (2004)
"Or is she being overdramatic? She is not thinking clearly because Lysander has never left her before. She does not believe Lysander would leave her of his ..."

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